A message, from a Finnish Pirate to the Australian Government.
Janne emailed this message to the Pirate Party International (PPI) mailing list, and we publish it here for all to read.
Category: Press Release
Press releases
Pirate Party Australia is pleased to announce that Australian Online Solutions is sponsoring 10 lots of membership fees for those who need a bit of help.
If you feel you fit into this category, email [email protected] and let us know why. Be quick, as these spots will go very quickly! If you would like to contribute the way Australian Online Solutions has, also email [email protected] and we can go from there.
If your fees are sponsored, you still need to submit an application form, as normal. I’m sure that the sponsor would also appreciate a thank you tweet or blog post, if possible.
While we, the citizens of Australia, have made it blatantly clear that we neither want nor require the nanny-state of Australia to impinge on our rights further by restricting our access to the internet in the name of “child protection”, Conroy continues to soldier on with his censorship plans regardless of what the majority thinks.
The Pirate Party Australia rejected the proclamation by Senator Conroy (Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy) that the filter trial was a success. The Pirate Party reiterates its concerns regarding the impact Internet censorship will have on the community and the insufficient checks and balances for unwarranted governmental manipulation.
The South Australian branch of the Pirate Party Australia is pushing to increase their local membership in preparation for the upcoming state election expected March 2010.
To register as an official Pirate Party branch in South Australia with Electoral Commission SA (ECSA), the party needs to increase its local membership to at least 150. Members must sign and send in their application forms, along with their $20.00 Founders Fee, which will cover the cost of incorporation, registration, and other ongoing costs.
With the assistance of founding members the Pirate Party will be one step closer to providing South Australians with the option to vote ʻPirateʼ in the upcoming State election. The Pirate Party fights for a fairer and more balanced copyright; encourage innovation and access to culture, information and knowledge, greater government transparency and the protection of our civil liberties. South Australia is a key state for Pirate Party policy regarding censorship, especially the lack of an R18+ video game rating and the recently passed legislation banning the promotion of R18+ movies. The state was also the first to introduce unjust anti-association laws.